Back when I first published this list in 2017, my two daughters were just 3 years and 7 months old. Now somehow I find myself the mom of an 11-year-old and an 8-year-old who have largely outgrown ...

Have you ever read a children's book where the main character is… the book? Dictionary has noticed that even though her pages contain all the words that exist, she doesn't really tell a story like all ...

“How to End a Story” collects three volumes of the Australian novelist’s self-conscious, sometimes harrowing journals. By Dwight Garner When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our ...

Hallie Rubenhold’s “Story of a Murder” chronicles a killing, featuring sex, dentures and tightrope walkers. The music hall performer Belle Elmore was dismissed by the press as a vulgar shrew. In fact, ...